[MAVEN:GHSA-HQQV-9X3V-MP7W] Privilege Escalation Flaw in Elasticsearch

Severity Moderate

Affected Packages 2

Fixed Packages 2

CVEs 1

The fix for CVE-2020-7009 was found to be incomplete. Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.1 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys and also authentication tokens. An attacker who is able to generate an API key and an authentication token can perform a series of steps that result in an authentication token being generated with elevated privileges.

Package	Affected Version
pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch	>= 7.0.0, < 7.6.2
pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch	>= 6.7.0, < 6.8.8

Package	Fixed Version
pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch	= 7.6.2
pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch	= 6.8.8

ID: MAVEN:GHSA-HQQV-9X3V-MP7W
Severity: moderate
URL: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqqv-9x3v-mp7w
Published: 2021-03-18T19:27:20
(3 years ago)
Modified: 2023-02-01T05:05:08
(19 months ago)
Rights: Maven Security Team

Source	# ID	Name	URL
			https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7014
			https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200619-0003/
			https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
			https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqqv-9x3v-mp7w

Type	Package URL	Namespace	Name / Product	Version
Affected	pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch	org.elasticsearch	elasticsearch	>= 7.0.0 < 7.6.2
Fixed	pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch	org.elasticsearch	elasticsearch	= 7.6.2
Affected	pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch	org.elasticsearch	elasticsearch	>= 6.7.0 < 6.8.8
Fixed	pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch	org.elasticsearch	elasticsearch	= 6.8.8

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